Eoprotrachyceras matutinum Tozer 1980 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1980. New genera of Triassic Ammonoidea. Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 80-1A:107-113

Belongs to Eoprotrachyceras according to N. Fantini Sestini 1994

See also Tozer 1980 and Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Eoprotrachyceras americanum, Eoprotrachyceras curionii, Eoprotrachyceras dunni, Eoprotrachyceras gibsoni, Eoprotrachyceras gredleri, Eoprotrachyceras lahontanum, Eoprotrachyceras meeki, Eoprotrachyceras subasperum

Type specimen: GSC 28632. Its type locality is GSC 83862, northwest of Wapiti Lake, which is in a Fassanian marine horizon in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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